Abstract
The detection of malingering in the context of forensic evaluations has received increasing attention in the literature, with more careful research and analyses of a variety of clinical methods being employed for that purpose. The author presents three clinical cases as examples of the use of placebo trials in the differential diagnosis of malingering, and discusses the validity of such trials as well as ethical issues raised by the use of placebos without informed consent. Suggested guidelines for the diagnostic use of placebos with forensic patients are presented.
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